The American Studies Program Welcomes Dr. LaForge!
Dr. Allyson LaForge joins the American Studies program at Boston University in Fall 2025 as the Abbott Lowell Cummings Postdoctoral Fellow in American Material Culture. After a nationwide search, she was chosen by a committee composed of Prof. William Moore, Prof. Megan Elias, and and Prof. Wade Campbell.
Dr. Bunschoten holds a Ph.D. in American Studies from from Brown University. She is an interdisciplinary historian whose research is grounded in Native American and Indigenous studies, focusing on intersections with material culture studies, environmental and literary history, and public humanities.
The Abbott Lowell Cummings Postdoctoral Fellowship, endowed by an anonymous donor, will allow Dr. LaForge to contribute to the intellectual development of students within the American Studies Program while she conducts research and advances her own scholarly career. For more information on her work, please visit her profile.
